Checking out an idea...................

This is the idea I had for the Kaffe rectangles and Brandon Mably's Gameboard fabric.  I have seen this done with different dimensions for the pieces and I think longer rectangles might look better, but this is what I have already cut, so I need to use it.  I only got 110 B&W squares out of the yard of fabric that I had.  I had figured I needed 150 for a quilt 54" x 75".  I have another of his black and white fabrics called Chips that I could possible mix into the outside edge blocks.  These pieces will come down off the design wall to play with next month.

I put the flannel baby quilt on the design wall for its portrait.  It is 39" square and has Hobbs 80/20 batting in it.  It is quilted in a crosshatch pattern with ecru thread.

The backing is the same flannel fabric as the border.  I will consider this a baby boy quilt when I put it in the baby quilt pile, trying to keep a good balance between boy and girl.  I realize this one would be a nice girl quilt too so I might still end up short on boy quilts.

Here is an update on the sidewalk crack Tiger Lily.  Three more buds to open and then it gets pulled out.

This is the most blooms I have ever had on the yellow Coneflower.  There are a couple more to open.  Last year lots of the flowers were drying up before the rest of them bloomed.

If you look closely you will see buds forming on the Compact Flare Hydrangea.  It had a partial bloom last year.  There are several buds this year so I'm hopeful that I'll see the color range on them this year.